Author: John Aldred

Build an advanced DIY motion control slider for timelapse and stop motion animation

John Aldred

Since initially discovering the Arduino, Eduard Puertas has spent a lot of time experimenting with it. It’s all an attempt to make his working life easier. As a stop motion animator, anything that makes his life easier is welcome. The Arduino allows him to automate many tasks that would be difficult to achieve manually. At […]

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10 tips to make selections that cut out anything in Photoshop

John Aldred

Photoshop’s selection tools seem to evolve and change with every new update. Techniques and technology evolve to make selections a little easier than they were before. At least, that’s the theory, sometimes they just get more frustrating. But, there’s still no one technique that works for everything. This video from Nathaniel Dodson at Tutvid is a […]

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How and why to use paper backdrops when shooting in a small space

John Aldred

Whether for stills or video, paper backdrops are super handy, especially in a permanent fixture. But they’re also useful when setting up in a small space on location, too. There’s countless portable backdrop stands out there capable of handling paper rolls, and they’re very quick to set up. Caleb Pike at DSLR Video Shooter has […]

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Get past the haters, get over the doubt, and create what you can’t

John Aldred

A couple of weeks ago, the Oscars were on. And there was one big moment of it that stuck out in a lot of peoples minds. No, not that moment, I’m talking about the one during the commercial break. The one where Casey Neistat introduced the world to “the rest of us”. Reminding everybody that there […]

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Vimeo finally adds support for 360° videos up to 8K and a marketplace to sell your content

John Aldred

Yes, that’s right. Vimeo now finally supports 360° videos. Although YouTube has supported 360° videos for a while, many have criticised the low quality and high compression often shown. Even when uploading 4K 360° video to YouTube, the already degraded image loses so much more as a result. Facebook’s 360° video suffers from even higher […]

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Get creative with your portraits using a piece of silver window screen mesh

John Aldred

A few days ago, we showed you Cheesycam’s tutorial on making large frames for gels or diffusion with screen door kits. Well, those kits often come with some mesh.  Mesh which may now be laying around in your garage doing not much at all. Now, thanks to photographer Mark Wallace, we have a photography related use […]

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The BBC used IR RED, thermal imaging and Sony A7S cameras to get night shots for Planet Earth 2

John Aldred

The BBC is renowned for its stunning wildlife sequences. Every time they release a new wildlife series, especially one narrated by David Attenborough, the visuals are stunning. We are shown wildlife in a way we’ve never seen before. They use or invent technology that hadn’t even existed just a few years earlier. They really are on […]

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This guide will help you figure out what your next lens purchase should be

John Aldred

Which lens to buy next is the biggest issue facing many new photographers. You’ve got your camera and kit lens, but you’re not getting what you want. So, you want a “better lens”. Of course, just as with buying a new camera, buying a new lens isn’t going to make you a better photographer. You […]

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This guy actually made a digital back for his 35mm Nikons out of a Sony NEX camera

John Aldred

I’ve been following the “digital film” saga for years. There’s been at least 4 failed attempts to get one working, and one hoax. Nikon even filed a patent for one of their own at one point. But besides those early digital film hybrid cameras, none have ever really made it. At one time I thought […]

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6 essential tips to get the best sound and comfort out of a boom pole microphone

John Aldred

If you shoot video for long enough, and you’re interested in getting quality sound (you should be), then at some point you’re going to use a boomed shotgun mic. They’re not as easy to work with as you might first think, though. Bad technique can lead to the microphone picking up vibration and handling noise. […]

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